Pavo al Horno (Baked turkey Peruvian)

Christmas recipe to accompany with family.

Baked turkey or also called turkey, is the food that families prefer to celebrate the new year and Christmas. The preparation is a “boom” because people prepare it to celebrate their Christmas holidays and it is served occasionally for these festivities. At present, the mechado turkey is prepared in various ways; For example, turkey meat is selected and macerated with some ingredients. This maceration gives it a pleasant and unique flavor. In Peru it is very common to observe a unique and pleasant taste preparation. Let’s see how to prepare it!

Pavo al horno Baked. Pavo al Horno (Baked turkey Peruvian).

Ingredients of the recipe.

• 1 peeled turkey (approximately 18 lbs.)
• 3 tbsp. of minced garlic.
• 1 tsp. of pepper.
• 1 tsp. of cumin.
• 5,1 fluid oz. of white vinegar.
• 3 tbsp. of butter (to spread).
• 6,8 fluid oz. of coke (optional)
• 2 tbsp. of soy sauce.
• Salt.

Procedure of the recipe.

Time needed: 3 hours and 30 minutes.

This is the procedure of the Pavo al Horno Peruvian. Follow the next steps.

1. Allow the maceration Juice.
2. With a knife, make cuts over the body meat of the turkey to allow the maceration juice penetrate.
3. Prepare the maceration juice.
4. Prepare the maceration juice y a bowl. Mix the garlic, pepper, cumin, vinegar, coke, salt and soy sauce until you get a thick juice (this juice will give the meat a delicious flavor).
5. Make sure that the juice.
6. Once it’s prepared, bathe the turkey inside and out with the maceration juice. Make sure that the juice penetrates the cuts in the meat.
7. Let it macerated of 1 hour.
8. It’s essential to bathe the turkey on the inside to get a great flavor after baking. Once it’s all covered, let it macerate for one hour.
9. Warm the oven to 125° C.
10. After macerating, spread the butter in a baking platter and put the turkey on. Warm the oven to 125ºC (257ºF) and let it bake until it gets some color and it’s fully cooked.
11. Serve in many occasions.
12. Once baked, you can serve in many occasions. In Peru, we eat it with bread on Christmas Eve, we accompany with chocolate or any other drink.
13. Prepare it to any other occasion.
14. You can also prepare it to any other occasion such as weddings, social parties and, of course, Thanksgiving Day.

Note. Use quality ingredients.

Video of the preparation.